Anna Polivanchuk (born 31 August 1990) is a Swedish female deaf swimmer and also the twin sister of Alexandra Polivanchuk.[1][2] She competed at the Deaflympics in 2005 and 2009. She currently holds the deaf world swimming record in the women's 400m freestyle event which was set by her in 2006. She also graduated and continued her swimming career with the Gallaudet University.[3][4]
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| Nationality |  Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 31, 1990 Tallinn, Estonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Swedish National Upper Secondary School for the Deaf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAnna Polivanchuk made her Deaflympic debut at the 2005 Summer Deaflympics along with her twin sister, Alexandra Polivanchuk and claimed bronze medals in the women's 100m backstroke, 4×100 freestyle relay and 50m backstroke events. Anna was also the part of the Swedish team which claimed the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay event as a part of the 2005 Deaflympics which also consisted Alexandra Polivanchuk.[5]
Anna also competed at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics and claimed gold medals in the women's 100m backstroke[6] and 200m backstroke events.[7] Anna Polivanchuk was awarded the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2006 and was also nominated for the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2007 and 2009.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Anna Polivanchuk | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ "Polivanchuk sisters help Gallaudet garner 12 All-NEAC honors, Curran named Coach of the Year". Gallaudet. 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ "Polivanchuk sisters set the pace for Gallaudet women's swimming at NEAC championships on Day 2". Gallaudet. 2014-02-15. Archived from the original on 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ "Anna Polivanchuk bio". Gallaudet. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ "Women's 4×100m freestyle relay | 2005 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ "Women's 100m backstroke | 2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ "Women's 200m backstroke | 2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-07. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ "Athletes | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-07. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
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